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Quotations about the String Quartet

Much has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:-

"  Of instruments of strenges in accord - Herde I so playe a ravyshvng swetnesse - That God, that makere is of all and lord - Ne herde nevere beter, as I gesse. Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1340—1400) The Parlement ojFoules, 1369—87 "

Arrangers and composers through the ages

Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet, which was considered by many of them to be the ‘most perfect ensemble’. Other musical works have been transcribed for the quartet, including orchestral, vocal, and even pop and jazz band pieces. A few examples are given below, as illustration.

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909; age 57); Ciprian Porumbescu (1853-1883; age ca. 30); André-Charles Messager (1853-1929; age 75); George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931; age 76); Michael Repoulis (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Joseph Marx (1882-1964; age 82); Haydn Wood (1882-1959; age 76); Jurgen De Pillecyn (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Kevin Franz Josef Harris (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Ian Crutchley (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Stephen Watson (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Steve Perillo (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); David Conte (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Ian Venables (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Edgar (Pierre Joseph) Tinel (1854-1912; age 58); Leoš Janáček (1854-1928; age 74); Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925; age 70); Marcelo Fortuna (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Zaur Fakhradov (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Ernesto Drangosch (1882-1925; age ca. 43); Karl Weigl (1882-1949; age 67); Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971; age 88); John Philip Sousa (1854-1932; age 77); Hendrika van Tussenbroek (1854-1935; age 80); Bernard Zweers (1854-1924; age 70); Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893; age 39); Gabriel Senanes (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); David Garner (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Sergio Parotti (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973; age 91); Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937; age 54); Bartolomé Calatuyud (1882-1973; age ca. 91); Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943; age 60); Eddie Mora (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Vladimír Godár (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921; age 67); Ernest Chausson (1855-1899; age 44); Anatolii Lyadov (1855-1914; age 59); George Edwuard Bonsor Saint Martin (1855-1930; age ca. 75); Julius Röntgen (1855-1932; age 77); Carlyle Sharpe (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38);

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